Organizational Behavior By M.Zubair Lecturer Kmu OBJECTIVES LEARNING After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Describe what managers do. 2. Define organizational behavior (OB). 3. Explain the value of the systematic study of OB. 4. Identify the contributions made by major behavioral science disciplines to OB. 5. List the major challenges and opportunities for managers to use OB concepts. What Managers Do Managers (or administrators) Individuals who achieve goals through other people. Managerial
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 1. What is Organizational Behavior. Define and explain how it is used in the organizational. * Organizations are social systems. If one wishes to work in them or to manage them‚ it is necessary to understand how they operate. Organizations combine science and people –technology and humanity. Unless we have qualified people to design and implement‚ techniques alone will not produce desirable results. Human behavior in organizations is rather unpredictable. It is unpredictable
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the past two decades‚ however business faculty have come to realize the importance that understanding of human behavior plays in determining manager’s effectiveness. • Importance of developing manager’s interpersonal skills is closely tied to the need for organizations to get and keep high-performing employees. • The wages and fringe benefits are not the main reasons people like their jobs. Far more important is the quality of the employee’s job and the supportiveness of the work environment
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behaviour. 1. Describe the policies and procedures of the settings relevant to promoting children and young people. Policies and procedures are in place for the safety of the children and to help follow the ‘every child matters’ there are many policies in place to adhere to promoting positive behaviour. These can be as follows: Behaviour policy. At this age children are learning how to behave appropriately. Many of the things they do are normal for their stage of development and we help them
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Canada has been through many battles‚ very hard chosen decisions‚ and gone through many changes that have changed the way Canadians live today. Certain people have influenced the country in a positive way and made Canada a stronger nation. Events such as the battle of Vimy Ridge‚ the formation of NATO‚ the creation of the Canadian flag and people such as Lester B. Pearson all assisted in defining Canada as a nation. Vimy Ridge ran almost 12km north-east of Arras. The Germans occupied Vimy Ridge
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Principle concept introduced by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto in 1906. Pareto noted that the majority of wealth in a free market economy is concentrated within a relatively small group of people -- roughly 20 percent of the population. Importance of rule 80/20 to marketers: Marketing investment: relates to how money is spent on advertising & marketing campaigns. Generally‚ 20% of marketing messages produce 80% of campaigns results. Understanding this‚ marketers will be able to eliminate costs associated
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grade. As economist Steven Landsburg writes in The Armchair Economist (1991‚ p 3)‚ “Most of economics can be summarized in four words: ‘People respond to incentives.’ The rest is commentary.” People care about their employers‚ but they also care about their families‚ hobbies‚ gardens‚ and churches‚ which for the most part is why the incentives work so well. People respond to incentives differently. Take for example the professional athlete‚ who loves their team and talks about giving “110 percent”
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Ordinary people are the ’cannon fodder’ for the exploits of the wealthy who mislead us into war. Often the war is even ’fomented’ by covert (secret) operations where rebels are trained and funded to stir up trouble‚ giving the Western oligarchs a good excuse to "intervene militarily’. Either way you cut it‚ the wealthy use their ’corporate-friendly’ mainstream news broadcasts to dummy down the public‚ create fictitious reasoning for war like: ’this operation is to establish democracy and freedom
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surrounds me and it motivates me to do better. Ever since I was young‚ teachers will always tell my parents "what a bright student she is." I never thought they meant it. Teachers say those things to make sure you always do your best‚ and it did help for a while. During my middle school years‚ I never cared about my grades. I thought it was "cool" just to sit back and relax. I was under a terrible influence‚ and nobody was there to pick me right up. I had friends who did not motivate me to do good
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Case Study 1 1. What did Dan mean? Dan meant that Bernie cannot continue being the manager he desire to be because he is not doing well for the whole cafeteria. Bernie has different style of leading which is not matched with the previous manager’s approach. Since Bernie is somewhat on the “friendly approach” rather than the leadership style of Debra‚ the employees felt that Bernie will not reprimand them or order them. They felt that Bernie would always understand
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